| Final 19:10 | time |   | L | bib |  | 1. Caster Semenya |  RSA | 2:00.97 |   | 1 | 475 |  | 2. Annet Mwanzi |  KEN | 2:01.54 |   | 4 | 320 |  | 3. Chaltu Shume |  ETH | 2:01.59 | SB | 3 | 231 |  | 4. Habitam Alemu |  ETH | 2:02.29 |   | 6 | 184 |  | 5. Winnie Chebet |  KEN | 2:02.67 |   | 5 | 280 |  | 6. Amina Bakit |  SUD | 2:02.85 | SB | 8 | 535 |  | 7. Winnie Nanyondo |  UGA | 2:04.53 |   | 9 | 571 |  | 8. Abike Egbeniyi |  NGR | 2:09.36 |   | 2 | 406 |   
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|  Records |  | Rec | Athlete | time | Birth | Venue | date |  | WR | Jarmila Kratochvilova |  CZE | 1:53.28 | 1951 | Munchen | 26/07/1983 |  | AR | Pamela Jelimo |  KEN | 1:54.01 | 1989 | Zurich | 29/08/2008 |  | CR | Maria de Lurdes Mutola |  MOZ | 1:56.99 |   | Johannesburg | 1999 |   
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| Ranking | time |   | L | bib |  | 1. Caster Semenya |  RSA | 2:07.25 |   | 5 | 475 |  | 2. Amina Bakit |  SUD | 2:07.28 |   | 7 | 535 |  | 3. Kore Tola |  ETH | 2:07.44 |   | 6 | 238 |  | 4. Sylvia Chesebe |  KEN | 2:08.03 |   | 4 | 287 |  | 5. Neide Dias |  ANG | 2:09.14 |   | 3 | 20 |  | 6. Tsepiang Sello |  LES | 2:14.87 | SB | 2 | 351 |  | -. Francine Niyonsaba |  BDI | DNS |   | 4 | 24 |   
| Ranking | time |   | L | bib |  | 1. Chaltu Shume |  ETH | 2:06.49 |   | 2 | 231 |  | 2. Annet Mwanzi |  KEN | 2:06.82 |   | 6 | 320 |  | 3. Adama Alawia |  SUD | 2:07.84 |   | 5 | 534 |  | 4. Leo Bafoundissa Missamou |  CGO | 2:12.53 | SB | 7 | 63 |  | 5. Fiyori Asmelash |  ERI | 2:13.56 |   | 3 | 162 |  | 6. Mari Nigh Augusto Otolio |  SSD | 2:41.36 |   | 8 | 522 |  | -. Francine Niyonsaba |  BDI | DNS |   | 4 | 24 |   
| Ranking | time |   | L | bib |  | 1. Habitam Alemu |  ETH | 2:03.60 |   | 2 | 184 |  | 2. Winnie Chebet |  KEN | 2:03.81 |   | 7 | 280 |  | 3. Winnie Nanyondo |  UGA | 2:05.24 |   | 4 | 571 |  | 4. Abike Egbeniyi |  NGR | 2:06.52 |   | 8 | 406 |  | 5. Victoire Elisabe Mandaba |  CAF | 2:12.18 | NR | 3 | 56 |  | 6. Hawa Bundor |  SLE | 2:12.27 |   | 6 | 508 |  | 7. Elizabet Nabiala Nkengue |  CGO | 2:19.87 |   | 5 | 88 |   
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